International Women’s Day 2019

International Women’s Day 2019

International Women’s Day is back for another year and this year’s theme is balance for better which is a call to speed up gender balance across the world.

So what does the gender balance look like in terms of physical activity and sport in London?

We’ve taken a look at some of the results from the Active Lives survey produced by Sport England which provides a comprehensive overview of adult (aged 16+) sport and physical activity levels in London from May 2017 to May 2018.

We began by comparing levels of activity between genders for those considered active – completing at least 150 minutes of exercise a week.

The graphic highlights that across every age bracket that is researched in the survey, male activity levels are higher than females.

These figures have seen a slight improvement (approx 0.5%) since the first Active Lives Survey which was completed back in 2015, however, there is still a clear difference between participation levels between the genders.